How much
do you know about gold? For thousands of years this metal has amazed
the world, yet it never stops astonishing people.
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the Global iGold facts about gold and learn more about this metal!
It is
calculated that since the beginning of gold mining around 200 000
tons of gold have been extracted from the earth. If this amount of
gold would be cast into a cube, it would have the size of an
eight-storey building. Nowadays the biggest amount of gold belongs to
the US, followed by Germany and Italy.
Gold is
extensively used in technology. A curious case has happened in 2015.
The son of a Chinese billionaire bought two Apple Watches with golden
cases for his dog and published the photos of the dog wearing the
watches. This incident became very popular among the Internet users.
Nobody
would argue that gold is a good present. According to the Bible,
Melchior one of the Three Wise Men brought gold as a present to Jesus
Christ. In total, gold is mentioned in the Bible more than 400 times.
In
Venice, golden ducats were first minted in 1284. During the following
500 years this coin was the most popular in the world. Ducat is a
word of Latin origin translated into “duke”. Shakespeare
mentioned this golden coin in “The Merchant of Venice”; also, the
rapper Ice Cube has used this word in one of his songs.
Some
gold mines in South Africa exceed the depth of 3,500 meters, and the
temperature inside of mines can reach 55 degrees Celsius. 38 hours,
6,365 liters of water and electricity are needed to obtain one ounce
of gold.
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